Test your hearing by following this link and let's see: how far up the frequency chart can you hear?
I tested myself with an e-mu 0404 usb and Sony MDR-V6 headphones. My wife can hear up to and including 18kHz, while I could hear the tone only to 16kHz.
Go to the following link to do the test:
High Frequency Response and Hearing Test
Or simply download this file and play it.
I'm also trying to post a poll with this post.
I tested myself with an e-mu 0404 usb and Sony MDR-V6 headphones. My wife can hear up to and including 18kHz, while I could hear the tone only to 16kHz.
Go to the following link to do the test:
High Frequency Response and Hearing Test
Or simply download this file and play it.
I'm also trying to post a poll with this post.
That just plain hurts at about 16K...brought up the volume to "compensate".............the sweep is confusing, a generator 'in-house' would get you an accurate reading.
I still can hear "noisy" Horizontal Oscillators.
______________________________________________________Rick........
I still can hear "noisy" Horizontal Oscillators.
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Although I voted 16kHz, I can hear the modulated mosquito tone of 17.4kHzMosquito Tone Audibility Test
I agree the sweep is kind of confusing, and it goes really fast from one frequency to another.
I agree the sweep is kind of confusing, and it goes really fast from one frequency to another.
All these tests etc need to be done with calibrated levels etc,
try this
Equal loudness contours and audiometry - Test your own hearing
which is interesting, but again depends on the PC and sound card/headphones etc
try this
Equal loudness contours and audiometry - Test your own hearing
which is interesting, but again depends on the PC and sound card/headphones etc
I use a lab generator and at just over the threshold of hearing can hear to around 10 or 11 khz, increasing the level slightly at this point ( just a few db) and that becomes 13 khz... increase a little more and that goes to around 15k.
Increasing from the threshold of hearing by 40db and I can "hear" to 18k
All that is with a pure sine wave...
You have to put numbers in, and use pure tones with no harmonics.
http://www.hsmc.co.uk/index.php?page=age-related-hearing-loss
Increasing from the threshold of hearing by 40db and I can "hear" to 18k
All that is with a pure sine wave...
You have to put numbers in, and use pure tones with no harmonics.
http://www.hsmc.co.uk/index.php?page=age-related-hearing-loss
So, if I can hear 12.4576259333KHz, do I vote 12 or 13?
In speakers, I can hear ~14KHz before a drop becomes noticeable (and rather steep ).
In headphones, it's closer to 18KHz, same SPL.
I'm sure there's a stupidly detailed explanation for it (no, I don't want to hear it ).
Cheers!
In speakers, I can hear ~14KHz before a drop becomes noticeable (and rather steep ).
In headphones, it's closer to 18KHz, same SPL.
I'm sure there's a stupidly detailed explanation for it (no, I don't want to hear it ).
Cheers!
That's aliasing. If you hover the mouser above the "dot" you will get that. If you download the .wav file and play it in your favorite player you should be able to get rid of that. You should not hear anything at about 20kHz, unless you're really an exception (and/or possibly 6 years old).
BTW, my 8 years old daughter who has pristine hearing, can hear the 20kHz tone very faintly, while at 19kHz she can hear it very pronounced.
@salas, you know it's not a scientific experiment. More like a fun experiment. I was talking about normal listening volume.
BTW, my 8 years old daughter who has pristine hearing, can hear the 20kHz tone very faintly, while at 19kHz she can hear it very pronounced.
@salas, you know it's not a scientific experiment. More like a fun experiment. I was talking about normal listening volume.
Like 80-85 dBSPL at listening seat from conventional loudspeakers? 15kHz tops. Got to be 105dB SPL controlled directivity, and first of all got to be confirmed you got it on a mic at the listening position. Or cans measured on a pseudo head. Then all will perceive 20kHz sine from a gen. Think of the piercing when near an airway when a jet takes off. That one has white at enough level. You certainly feel like you never heard so high before. This one file breaths so gives clues. For lower SPL like 95dB, its easy when modulating 2 high tones or with gong type pulses for the ear. Its funny anyway.
That's aliasing. If you hover the mouser above the "dot" you will get that. If you download the .wav file and play it in your favorite player you should be able to get rid of that. You should not hear anything at about 20kHz, unless you're really an exception (and/or possibly 6 years old).
Really there shouldn't be in the signal chain. I downloaded it and played it through ASIO. I think the aliasing might be embedded in the file I downloaded or something it really shouldn't be in my chain. Although I can simplify the chain to double check.
21 and 20 were much softer than 19 and 18. This is partly due to off axis frequency response of my speakers, the DAC I was using rolls off a tiny bit, and my ears combined. You have to turn it up for sure to hear above 19.
No. I am DIY and rather cheap one. Those are well off consumers. Zero tech.
I can hear up to around 17,500Hz, after that only mildly "detecting" something up to 20,000Hz, but I wouldn't notice those frequencies unless I was listening for them, and at a higher volume than normal.
One of my ears is slightly damaged, which is annoyingly noticable. Sometimes it seems to start regaining some lost frequencies depending on my health, i.e. sleep, food, excercise, which changes the amount of blood flow to the inner ear.
One of my ears is slightly damaged, which is annoyingly noticable. Sometimes it seems to start regaining some lost frequencies depending on my health, i.e. sleep, food, excercise, which changes the amount of blood flow to the inner ear.
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